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Princess Zelda spits hot fire in debut album, ‘Ocarina of Rhyme’ | Crave – CNET:
Wow.  Badass.  Zelda+hip hop.

Awesome :)

Thanks Gray :D

(Yes, I wore my flippy floppies.)

iPodNN | Apple allows album-level iTunes Plus upgrades:

Finally!  I’ve wanted to do this for a while now.  When I was married, my ex & I shared an iTunes Store account so that we could have access to all of the media on all of our devices, as there was some overlap in our tastes.

The key:  some overlap.  I have a LOT of albums in my iTunes library that I have no interest in listening to (Clay Aiken’s Christmas album comes to mind).  I will not pay Apple to upgrade it to the DRM-free version of the files, and I’m not at all interested in playing those songs on any of my other devices.

Now, Apple’s delivered me the option of upgrading just the albums I want.  So screw you, Cher!

Well Morrissey, I love you, but I’ve been waiting a long time to shut you up.  Today is that day.

MORRISSEY – AMERICA IS NOT THE WORLD

America your head’s too big, Because America, Your belly is too big. And I love you, I just wish you’d stay where you belong

In America, The land of the free, they said, And of opportunity, In a just and a truthful way.
But where the president, is never black, female or gay, and until that day,
you’ve got nothing to say to me, to help me believe

In America, it brought you the hamburger. Well America you know where, you can
shove your hamburger. And don’t you wonder, why in Estonia they say, Hey you, you big fat pig, you fat pig, you fat pig

Steely blue eyes with no love in them, scan the World,
And a humourless smile, with no warmth within, greets the world.
And I, I have got nothing, to offer you
No-no-no-no-no, just this heart deep and true, which you say you don’t need

See with your eyes, touch with your hands, please, hear through your ears, know in your soul, please. For haven’t you me with you now? and I love you, I love you, I love you. And I love you, I love you, I love you.

Holy balls…. 84 songs.  That’s a ton.  Plus, for $4, you can port all of the RB1 songs that were on the original game disc to RB2 (for ~$5), and your RB1 downloads will automatically work :)

1. AC/DC – “Let There Be Rock”-1970s
2. AFI-“Girl’s Gone Grey”-2000’s
3. Alanis Morissette-“You Oughta Know”-1990’s
4. Alice in Chains-“Man in the Box”-1990’s
5. Allman Brothers-“Ramblin’ Man”-1970’s
6. Avenged Sevenfold-“Almost Easy”-2000’s
7. Bad Company-“Shooting Star”-1970’s
8 Beastie Boys-“So Whatcha Want”-1990’s
9. Beck-“E-Pro”-2000’s
10. Bikini Kill-“Rebel Girl”-1990’s
11. Billy Idol-“White Wedding Pt. I”-1980’s
12.Blondie-“One Way or Another”-1970’s
13.Bob Dylan-“Tangled Up in Blue”-1970’s
14.Bon Jovi-“Livin’ on a Prayer”-1980’s
15.Cheap Trick-“Hello There”-1970’s
16.Devo-“Uncontrollable Urge”-1980’s
17.Dinosaur Jr. -“Feel the Pain”-1990’s
18. Disturbed-“Down with the Sickness”-2000’s
19. Dream Theater-“Panic Attack”-2000’s
20. Duran Duran-“Hungry Like the Wolf”-1980’s
21. Elvis Costello-“Pump It Up”-1970’s
22. Fleetwood Mac-“Go Your Own Way”-1970’s
23. Foo Fighters-“Everlong”-1990’s
24. Guns N’ Roses-“Shackler’s Revenge”-2000’s
25. Interpol-“PDA”-2000’s
26. Jane’s Addiction-“Mountain Song”-1980’s
27. Jethro Tull-“Aqualung”-1970’s
28. Jimmy Eat World-“The Middle”-2000’s
29. Joan Jett-“Bad Reputation”-1980’s
30. Journey-“Anyway You Want It”-1970’s
31. Judas Priest-“Painkiller”-1990’s
32. Kansas-“Carry On Wayward Son”-1970’s
33. L7-“Pretend We’re Dead”-1990’s
34. Lacuna Coil-“Our Truth”-2000’s
35. Linkin Park-“One Step Closer”-2000’s
36. Lit-“My Own Worst Enemy”-1990’s
37. Lush-“De-Luxe”-1990’s
38. Mastodon-“Colony of Birchmen”-2000’s
39. Megadeth-“Peace Sells”-1980’s
40. Metallica-“Battery”-1980’s
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones-“Where’d You Go”-1990’s
42. Modest Mouse-“Float On”-2000’s
43. Motorhead-“Ace of Spades”-1980’s
44. Nirvana-“Drain You”-1990’s
45. Norman Greenbaum-“Spirit in the Sky”-1960’s
46. Panic at the Disco-“Nine in the Afternoon”-2000’s
47. Paramore-“That’s What You Get”-2000’s
48. Pearl Jam-“Alive”-1990’s
49. Presidents of the USA-“Lump”-1990’s
50. Rage Against the Machine-“Testify”-1990’s
51. Ratt-“Round & Round”-1980’s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers-“Give it Away”-1990’s
53. Rise Against-“Give it All”-2000’s
54. Rush-“The Trees”-1970’s
55. Silversun Pickups-“Lazy Eye”-2000’s
56. Smashing Pumpkins-“Today”-1990’s
57. Social Distortion-“I Was Wrong”-1990’s
58. Sonic Youth-“Teenage Riot”-1980’s
59. Soundgarden-“Spoonman”-1990’s
60. Squeeze-“Cool for Cats”-1970’s
61. Steely Dan-“Bodhitsattva”-1970’s
62. Steve Miller Band-“Rock’n Me”-1970’s
63. Survivor-“Eye of the Tiger”-1980’s
64. System of a Down-“Chop Suey”-2000’s
65. Talking Heads-“Psycho Killer”-1970’s
66. Tenacious D-“Master Exploder”-2000’s
67. Testament-“Souls of Black”-1990’s
68. The Donnas-“New Kid in School”-2000’s
69. The Go-Go’s-“We Got the Beat”-1980’s
70. The Grateful Dead-“Alabama Getaway”-1980’s
71. The Guess Who-“American Woman”-1970’s
72. The Muffs-“Kids in America”-1990’s
73. The Offspring-“Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)”-1990’s
74. The Replacements-“Alex Chilton”-1980’s
75. The Who-“Pinball Wizard”-1960’s
Bonus Artists
76. Abnormality-“Visions”-2000’s
77. Anarchy Club-“Get Clean”-2000’s
78. Bang Camaro-“Night Lies”-2000’s
79. Breaking Wheel-“Shoulder to the Plow”-2000’s
80. The Libyans-“Neighborhood”-2000’s
81. The Main Drag-“A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”-2000’s
82. Speck-“Conventional Lover”-2000’s
83. The Sterns-“Supreme Girl”-2000’s
84. That Handsome Devil-“Rob the Prez-O-Dent”-2000’s

This would’ve been way way way more if the scrobbler worked for my iPod, but with iPhone scrobbling, it’s going up pretty steadily.  Audiobooks aren’t counted, and podcasts take up 1-2 hours sometimes, so I’ll be going a bit slower than some, I think.

I think it was Beirut that put me over the top.  Nice.

Now THIS is the way to do a sequel!!!!

THANK YOU, Harmonix!

Check this out: 

• Rock Band 1 DLC is compatible.  This means that the 50 songs I’ve bought are going to work.  Makes sense, right?  I’m looking at you, Guitar Hero.  Individual game discs for say, the 80’s or Aerosmith suck ass.
• Rock Band 1 instruments are compatible.  Awesome!  Not as big a deal as the DLC, but this means my investment in the original instruments isn’t going to waste, either.

You guys win:  I’ll surely buy RB2.

Surprise! Rock Band 2 announced – Joystiq:
by Ross Miller Jun 30th 2008 3:33AM

One of gaming’s worst-kept secrets is now official: Rock Band 2 is coming. IGN has the scoop and an interview with lead designer Dan Teasdale, who reveals that all the current and future DLC will be compatible with both versions of Rock Band, as well as the same instrument controllers.

While details were scarce, Teasdale said to expect improvements for band and character customization as well as the navigation system and Band World Tour. Citing the current issues with random set lists, Teasdale said, “Nobody wants to play Green Grass and High Tides in their first random set list.” Visually, the few images seen show the game has changed very little from its predecessor (and yes, it turns out the box art from a leaked survey was accurate).

As for what songs to expect, Teasdale said, “we’ve also secured what I can easily say is the best set list I’ve ever seen in a music game.” He provided no examples, although we wonder if The Beatles fall onto that list. Rock Band 2 is set to debut at E3 next month.

Who Knew Censorship had a sense of humor? « The NERD of HER!

Likely nsfw, but haha :)

Thanks, Peter :D